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openSUSE Security Update : bind (openSUSE-2016-1272)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 94619

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for bind fixes the following issues : - A defect in BIND's handling of responses containing a DNAME answer had the potential to trigger assertion errors in the server remotely, thereby facilitating a denial-of-service attack. (CVE-2016-8864, bsc#1007829).